HELLO AND WELCOME! Before you can post your question, you'll have to register -- it's completely free and registered users see less advertising! If you just want to browse through the existing questions, just select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Otherwise, click here to register!. We highly recommend that you print a copy of our Guide for New Members. Enjoy!

Redhat 7.2 install problem

I'm a pretty new newbie to linux. I just downloaded Redhat 7.2 disk images and installed them on a clean hd. (Athlon 800, Quantum 6 Gb, 512kb Ram, NVIDIA TNT2)

Install went without a hitch, but on first boot I got a message a lot like this one (this isn't my actual message because I had no way to copy it directly and was too lazy to write it out so I found the closest one I could on a forum, but there was no help there):

Re: Redhat 7.2 install problem

Boot with the "noathlon" option. At the boot prompt type:

linux noathlon

Read the release notes on CD 1'
From the release notes:

- Red Hat Linux will install a kernel optimized for Athlon processors on systems with an Athlon-class CPU. Due to the optimization, this will put a greater load on the system components. Therefore, a very small number of machines may fail to boot as a result of the hardware not strictly conforming with AMD's specifications and thus being unable to cope with the load. On such systems, you can either upgrade the hardware (under-powered power supply units can cause this) or use the rescue capability of the installer to install an i686 kernel.

- Some Athlon-class machines are out-of-spec or have overly aggressive chipset configurations set by their BIOS. On these systems, you may see random "Oops" messages at boot time (after successfully completing the install process) and will be unable to boot successfully. On these systems, boot with the "noathlon" option to turn off the athlon optimizations; install the 686 kernel instead of the athlon kernel to avoid this for the future.